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Surname
COX
Forename
Robert
Day
15
Month
04
Year
1912
Age
30
Occupation
Bottomer
Mine/Quarry Name
Auchinraith
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Merry & Cunninghame Ltd
Location
Blantyre
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Whilst repairing a broken haulage wheel in the pit bottom, the brick arched inset collapsed burying them, and killing them instantly. The arch was under repair at the time of the occurrence. 2 killed.